Washing-machine.



P ATENTED MAY 1, 1906.

J. MATT. WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.29. 1905.

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WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29. 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

3 JACOB MATT, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

' WASHING-MACHINE.

No. 819,152. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 1,1906.

Application filed March 29, 1905. Serial No. 252,739.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAooB MATT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to washing-machines of that typein which a rubbing-disk is provided within a tub and thedisk and tub oscillated in reverse directions.

The objects of my invention are to provide mechanism whereby the machine is rendered easy to operate; to provide novel means for connecting the rubbing-disk with the operating mechanism so that said disk may be ad justed to the quantity of clothes within the tub without effecting the operating mechanism; to provide convenientand simple means for holding the rubbing-disk in anydesired position; to' provide an improved support or the tub, and to otherwise improve on washing-machines now in use.

The invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts to be hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the subjoined claims.

In the accompanying drawings 5 Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a top plan view. Fig. 4 is a central vertical section through the upper part of the machine, showing the rubbing-disk and its supporting cross-bar swung u to render the clothes within the tub aocesslble and showing also the swinging wringer-support elevated for use. Fig. 5 is an enlarged inverted view of the rubbing-disk. Fig. 6 is an enlarged vertical section taken on linea: 0;, Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is an enlarged horizontal section taken on line to w, Fig. 1, looking up, all parts above thetub-support being removed. Fig. 8 is a detached perspective view of the rubbing-disk and attached parts. Fig. 9 is an enlarged detached pers ec'tive view of the lock-sleeve or bushing or holding the rubbing-disk in any adjusted position. Fig. 10 is an enlarged horizontal section online y y, Fig. 2. Fig. 11 is a perspective view of the Wringer-support when elevated and the upper end of the upright to which it is secured. Fig. 12 is an enlarged section on line 2 2, Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings in detail, similar numerals of reference refer to similar parts in the several figures.

The reference-numeral l designates the frame, which consists of uprights 2 3, a built up transverse bed-piece 4, and a. top crossbar 5, connecting t e' upper ends of the uprights. Said cross-bar 1S hinged at one end to the upri ht 3 and provided at its other end with a H00 6, fitting a loop or strap 7 on the upright 2, and with a slide-bolt 8', fitting a notch 9 in said upright directl .abovesaid.

loop or strap. Said hook and oop serve to tie the uprights to ether and provide a solid frame, while the s ide-bolt 8 prevents'unintentional disconnection of the cross-bar 5 from the upri ht 2. vided at their ower ends with base-pieces 10 The uprights are pro- 5 secured to theinner sides by bolts or other-H.

wise.

The bed-piece comprises two transverse bars 11 12, between which fillin -pieces, 13

are held, the inner endsof said fi ling-pieces being separated by an intervening space 14 I 1 The upper bar 11 1s supportedon-the base. 3

pieces 10 and at one end extends beyond the upright 3 to form a handle 15, said bar-having a transverse slot 16, through which the upright 3 passes. The base-pieces 10 are provided with transverse openings 17, into which the ends of the transverse bar 12 are secured. The bars 11 12 and the filling-pieces 13 are bolted together and form a solid bed on which the tub-support and tub are carried.

18 designates the tub-support, com rising bars 1 9, arranged at right angles and avmg at their ends rooves 20, into which the chime of the tub 2 1 ts. Secured to the under side of said support is a circular or other shaped plate 22, by means of which the bars 19 are securely connected. A wear-plate 23 is embedded in the top of the bed 4, and bearing thereon is a yoke piece or strap 24, arranged parallel with one 0 ends the inner ends of springs 25, whose outer ends are connected to brackets 26, extendin gownward and inward from the ends of said The tub-support is mounted on a vertical shaft 27,. whose upper end is threaded and.

the bars 19 and having attached to its 2 sa of boring the openings in the shaft 38 too 1 close together, which would tend to weaken I On osci llati'ng the the springsare placed under tension and exert their power 'in pulling'thetub in the reverse direction.

when the springs-25am placed; under tension, said stops being connected and held rigid by awire 33'p-ass1ng overthe yoke piece.

The botto'mof the tub has slats- 34 secured thereto to form a rubhingsurf-ace, said slats hein'g disposed radially or'i'n any other man;

i- 35;designates;the"adjustable rulihing disk, j having slats 36 on its underside, as shown in I Figszf2, 4', and 5.; One-ofsaid slats (:desi'gnated 3 7.)extends"al-most from edge to edge,

and l/he remainl ngxslats are arranged rad-la on-opposite sides of the slat upright shaft 38 "is securedeentrally to the di'sk in any desired manner and its upper p'oriti'on provided with a series of transverse openings '39. 5 Said shaft passes through the top crossbar'5" and is rotatable and vertically adjusti ablethereinQ To strengthen the cross-bar at this point and toprovi'de for proper-ad justment of the rubbi-ngsdisk, Ise'cure a me tallie plate 40 to the under side thereof-,and'to the upper side a yoke-piece 41 is applied. A I lock sle'eve'or bushing 42 is held to saidfyoke j piece and has at its lower enda fiange43; A depression 44: is formed in the upper face of i the yoke iece, which receives the lower" il'angede'n "of said-sleeve orbushi-ngthel'atter fbeingfhe'ldtosaidyokeiece', so as to lie-capable'ef rotatingjtherein, yasecuring-plate 4 5. Bolts -46 pass through said securing-plate, the;

yoke pie'ce 4 1, cross-bare; andplate e0 and secure the whole together ina 'tures inth'e latter and one of the transverse openings in said shaft a lock-pin 48' is passed. In this manner theshait, and its-attached-rubbing-dis'k may be adjusted to the desired extent. There are two pairs of registering apertures 47 in the lock-sleeve or bushing 42, which perrni'ts of a close adjustment of the rubbing disk without the moss the same. The distance on a horizontal Secured to the rirhhing-disk 35 are upright rods-49, braced by'brackets 50, secured to said disk. A horizontal lever 51 is-arrang'ed" at an angle to and is supported-on the crossbar, it being ful'crumed' on the shaft beneath the yoke-piece. The ends of said lever are;

v urable' man-" ner. The'uprightshaft38 extendsthrough the cross-banthus strengthened and through the lock sleeve or bushing 4'2, and through a'pe'rconnectedto the upright rods ythe latter pass- :ing through openings 52 in said lever, so as p p to permit of their =1novin'g verti'ca lly', wln' le :32 designates stops arranged on OPPOSI'D'G" sides-of the yoke-piece 24 and adapted to, limit the oscillating'movement of the latter retaining operative "connection withsaidle- An upright operating-"lever "5 3 is fu'lcrurnedbetween its ends to; a bracket 54, extending lever with a bracket .56, secured to the tubsupport. A similar rod 57 connects said lever with one'ofthe upright rods 49"on-the rubb'ing-dishandto permit said upright rod to move vertically without effecting.

gnection between the's'ame and-the u eye 58, throughwhichsaid upright rod passes;

' Through the intervention "of the horizontal lever 51 and said in'np'a'rted v to the "ru ally-opposite points; which renders the ma chine easytoo erate;

As shown in" ig. 4, the u the rubbing-disk carrie I swung upward-against asto 59m the frame.

,When in this position, the c othes withiirthe tub are easily accessible.- v

60*desi'gn'a'tes a wringer-suppor't hinged to. "the upright ,2. The latter isprovided witha verticalgroove "61, whi'c'his covered by the plate "62. slide-bolt 63 is held in saidigr'o'ove and isada ted to he slid into a 'co'in ciding groove 64 ormed in the wringer sup port. I Straps fo'rining l-i s65 are secured to theflhinged end of sai" support and are lplight rods the-power is:

hing-disk at diametric- 3 8e thrust rod 5-7"the latter is provide with an perlcros's-baran'd" thereby can be adapted to be brought against the inner face of said upright' when the wringer suppor't is- "elevated. A drtiip-d'eflector '66. is "secured to said support an directs the dripping-s from the wingers? into the tub.

Having thus described'my invention, what I. Thecornbination a frame having an upright and adapted to so port atub, of a 1 wringer supportpivote'd to t e upperend of said u right,-a lip extending from the hinged vend 0 said wringer-support and adapted to bear against the inner side of the upright when" said support is swung into its elevated position, and a slide-bolt on the outer side of said upr-i ht adapted to hold said wrin'ger- Qsupport e evated. 7

2-. The combination with a frame having uprights, a across-bar connecting the upper end'sof said uprights, and a tub-carried on: the frame, of a T1Ibb1ng diSk in said-tub,- a bushing held rota-tably in s'aid cross-bar and-hav ingdiametri cal' apertures, an upright shaft secured to the rubbing-disk and passingthrough said bushing, said shaft having a seriesof transverse openings, a pin passing through said bushing andany one of the se-, 7

ries of openings in said shaft, and means for oscillating said rubbing-disk.

3. The combination with :a 'frame having uprights, and a tub carried on said frame, of a cross-bar connecting the upper ends of said uprights, a yoke-piece on said cross-bar, a bushing rotatable in said yoke-piece and provided with two pairs of diametrical apertures,

an upright shaft secured to said rubbing-disk and passing up through said cross-bar, the yoke-piece and bushing, said shaft having a series of transverse openings, and a pin passing through one pair of apertures in said bushing and one of said openings in the shaft.

4. The combination with a frame having uprights, and a tub carried on said frame between said uprights, of a rubbing-disk in said tub, a cross-bar connecting the upper ends of said uprights, a yoke-piece on said cross-bar having a depression in its upper face, a bush- &

Witnesses.

JACOB MATT. Witnesses N. M. NEUHART, MAY F. SEWERT. 

